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About a year ago we brought you the first details on a flywheel-based hybrid system Volvo is developing that could reduce fuel consumption by up to 25 percent. Volvo has since partnered with Flybrid Automotive, part of transmission specialist Torotrak, to further develop the technology and eventually bring it to production. DON'T MISS: LIT Motors C1: The Car-Like Motorcycle That Can't Fall Down The way the system works is that whenever a driver hits the brakes, such as during the approach to a red light, kinetic energy that would otherwise be lost as heat is transferred from the wheels to a...
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2015 Volkswagen GTI ‘Club Sport’ Spy ShotsVolkswagen engineers have started testing a mysterious Golf GTI prototype that we suspect may be for a hardcore track variant, hence the “Club Sport” tag. The car was seen running some hot laps at Germany’s Nürburgring, and a number of elements it’s wearing provide...
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Cadillac Goes The Informative Route For New ELR Ad: VideoCadillac's last advert for its ELR range-extended electric coupe was... polarizing, to put it mildly. Called "Poolside", its lead character is either loved or hated depending on what kind of American you see yourself as. Actor Neil McDonough portrayed a man who'd probably sell his own mother if it...
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Bugatti Launches Certified Used Car ProgramKnowing your car's history is important even if you're only spending $5,000, so it's positively vital when your wallet is being emptied to the tune of hundreds of grand or perhaps even a million dollars. At the Techno Classica 2014 classic car event in Germany this week, Bugatti has announced its...
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Modernize Your E30 BMW 3-Series With This concept30 KitBMW makes a great range of cars these days, but for a small band of BMW enthusiasts nothing tops the marque's glory days of the 1980s. Back then, they'll tell you, BMWs were better-made, more fun to drive and styled before flame surfacing was just a glint in Bangle's eye. Of those cars, one in...
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2014 Corvette Stingray Buyers Get $1,500 Discount At Ron Fellows Performance Driving SchoolAnyone who buys a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray can sign up for a two-day program at the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School near Las Vegas and receive a $1,500 discount. That means you have to pay just $1,000 to learn how to get the most out of your Vette as well as how not to see it end up...
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Texan tuner Hennessey has unveiled a special edition version of its 270.4-mph Venom GT. The car is priced at $1.25 million and is already sold out. Porsche is working on a facelift for its 911, and we’ve got our hands on a set of spy shots of a prototype for the Carrera model. The facelift will include some minor styling changes front and rear, and may see a major update to the car’s powertrain. Another car featured in our spy shots in the past 24 hours is Mercedes-Benz’s upcoming AMG GT sports car, the replacement for the five-year-old SLS AMG. The new car is expected to be...
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A Rolling Truck Gathers No Cars, It Crushes Them: VideoWhat started out as an ordinary day turned into a disastrous one recently for a handful of people in Sochi, Russia. A security camera positioned at what appears to be a construction site captures a few seconds of mayhem when a truck starts sliding and then rolls over. MUST SEE: Jay Leno's McLaren...
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Bertone Confirms Bankruptcy, Searches For BuyerBertone has designed some of history's most iconic supercars, but it may not survive much longer.
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Jaguar XK Replacement To Ride On Stretched F-Type Platform: ReportJaguar’s XK is expected to be discontinued this year, as the aging grand tourer continues to lose sales to its younger and more dynamic F-Type sibling (only 4,000 XKs are said to have been sold last year). A successor is planned, although the new car is likely to evolve into a larger, more...
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Inside Koenigsegg Back For Season 2, Focuses On One:1 Supercar: VideoLast year, the industrious team at /DRIVE came out with a series titled Inside Koenigsegg, which looked at the inner workings of Sweden's first and only supercar brand and gave a little detail on both its past and future. Now the YouTube channel is out with a second season of Inside Koenigsegg, and...
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Audi R18 e-tron quattro Takes To The Streets In Its New LiveryAudi will field an updated version of its multiple race-winning R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans prototype in the 2014 World Endurance Championship and the series’ highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 2014-spec car was shown for the first time late last year but now it’s been revealed in...
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Accident investigators have weighed in on the fiery crash that killed Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker. And the conclusion is that unsafe driving—not an issue with the car—was what led to the accident. The Porsche GT in which Walker was a passenger was going 93 miles per hour—double the posted 45-mph speed limit—when it crashed, according to an investigation revealed today (but not yet released in full) by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The Los Angeles Times this afternoon quoted Sheriff Commander Mike Parker as saying: “Investigators determined...
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Jay Leno’s McLaren P1 Delivered, First In The U.S.: VideoWould it surprise you if we told you that Jay Leno is getting delivery of the first McLaren P1 on this side of the Atlantic? Of course it didn't shock us; and it's an interesting lesson on how the slightly surreal world of exotic car delivery can work. Unlike the sometimes cringe-worthy unloading...
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Hennessey Announces $1.25 Million Venom GT World’s Fastest Edition, Already Sold OutIf you wanted to get your hands on the new special edition of the Hennessey Venom GT, you had to know the right people—most likely, John Hennessey himself. Because the new red, white, and blue World's Fastest Edition of the supercar is limited to just three units—and it’s already...
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Unrestored, Pre-War Lagonda Up For Auction This AprilLagonda used to be one of Britain's finest luxury car marques, but cars wearing the famous name have been few and far between over the last few decades. Interest in the brand has renewed in the last few years though, as owner Aston Martin readies the name for use on its upcoming SUV, just as it...
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BMW i8 Sounds Far More Interesting Than We Expected: VideoBMW seems to be in love with the idea of adding fake sound generators to their vehicles these days. That's a shame since the engines can sound quite exciting on their own, with no help from false sources. Still, a car that will require some fake sound generation is the BMW i8, since it is capable...
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Designing Maserati's Alfieri Concept Car: VideoMaserati's Alfieri Concept was one of the stars of the recent 2014 Geneva Motor Show, revealed out of the blue to celebrate the brand's centenary this year. Recognizably a Maserati, it still features a very different design ethos to that of the company's existing vehicles. To explain the process...
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Visitors reaching the 86th floor of New York's Empire State Building may not get the view they expect, come April 16-17. Sure, you'll still be able to look out across the Big Apple as normal, across the myriad skyscrapers and the large green block of Central Park, but you'll also see an example of the new 2015 Ford Mustang. It's not the work of a fellow patron feeling particularly lazy, nor the world's biggest parking fail. Instead, it's Ford's recreation of a stunt it pulled during the 1964 World's Fair, when it positioned an original Mustang convertible in the same location. MUST WATCH: Jay...
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Dario Franchitti To Pace Indy 500 Using 2014 Camaro Z/28Recently retired racing driver Dario Franchitti, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and four-time IndyCar champion, will be pacing this year’s ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’ from behind the wheel of a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. Franchitti’s appearance at the Indy 500...
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Unplugged Performance wants to become tuner of Teslas, starts with Model SA new group is looking to bring some more style to the world of the Tesla Model S. They're called Unplugged Performance, and they're based right near one of Tesla Motors's [NSDQ:TSLA] Supercharger stations in Hawthorne, California. It seems like the goal is to provide a range of products for the...
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SRT’s ‘Hellcat’ Supercharged HEMI May Be More Powerful Than Viper V-10Dodge is set to introduce a mild update for its Challenger for the 2015 model year, an update that's expected to include the addition of a new supercharged HEMI V-8 for the range-topping SRT model. The new supercharged HEMI V-8, which has been nicknamed the Hellcat, is believed to be a 6.2-liter...
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2015 Buick Models Get 4G LTE ConnectivityBuick is the latest GM brand to sport 4G LTE.
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2016 Jaguar XJR Spy ShotsJaguar’s current XJR only hit the market last year but an update is already on the way, as evidenced by these spy shots of a prototype version of the luxurious sport sedan. The update will coincide with the introduction of a facelifted XJ range later this year, and appears to include subtle...
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